seigneury
Americannoun
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the domain of a seigneur.
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(in French Canada) land originally held by grant from the king of France.
noun
Etymology
Origin of seigneury
Example Sentences
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On the morrow there was let cry war in the seigneury of Heurne.
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Before long he abandoned an arena in which he was no longer the great central figure for dignified seclusion on his seigneury of Montebello beside the noble Ottawa.
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The regiment of Carignan-Salières was disbanded, but its officers, for the most part, elected to remain in Canada and accept the gift of seigneuries which the King distributed on conditions of fealty and homage.
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He retired to his seigneury of La Petite Nation at Montebello and devoted himself to his books.
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She divided the rich banks of the St. Lawrence and of the Richelieu into seigneuries; there population spread.
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